John Neumann

John Nepomucene Neumann (28 March 1811-5 January 1860) was a Bohemian Catholic priest who served as Bishop of Philadelphia from 1852 to 1860, succeeding Francis Kenrick and preceding James Frederick Wood.

Biography
John Nepomucene Neumann was born in Prachatitz, Bohemia, Austrian Empire (now Prachatice, Czech Republic) on 28 March 1811, and he travelled to the United States in 1836. He arrived in New York with one suit of clothes and one dollar in his pocket, and he was ordained three weeks later. Neumann was sent to work with recent German immigrants in the Niagara Falls area, and he visited the sick, taught catechism, and trained teachers to take over when he left. From 1849 to 1851, he served as pastor of the St. Augustine Church in Elkridge, Maryland, and he became a US citizen in 1848. In 1852, he was appointed Bishop of Philadelphia, and he served until his death in 1860.